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Communicable disease threats report, 21-27 November 2021, week 47
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 21-27 November 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, influenza, chikungunya, dengue cholera and Ebola.
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Influenza virus characterisation - Summary Europe, October 2021
This is the first report for the 2021-2022 influenza season. As of week 44/2021, only 965 influenza detections across the WHO European Region were reported to TESSy.
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Flu Awareness Campaign 2021
The Flu Awareness Campaign is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people’s health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.
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Early influenza cases indicate the possibility of severe upcoming season for elderly
Although the overall number of influenza detections in the majority of EU/EEA countries is still low, indications show that influenza circulation is above the seasonal threshold in Croatia, which is unusually early. The main reported subtype among the cases recorded in EU/EEA during the past month is A(H3N2), which disproportionally affects older people, and is associated with lower vaccine effectiveness. This is a sign that the upcoming influenza season could be severe for elderly people, and that influenza patterns may vary between countries in terms of timing.
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Infographic: Get ready for the upcoming flu season!
Animation explaining why vaccination against seasonal influenza is important to protect vulnerable populations.
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Communicable disease threats report, 17 -23 October 2021, week 42
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 17 -23 October 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease, seasonal influenza, avian influenza, swine influenza, and cholera.
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Influenza virus characterisation - Summary Europe, September 2021
This is the 10th and final report for the 2020-2021 influenza season. As of week 39/2021, only 1 276 influenza detections across the WHO European Region were reported to TESSy.
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Seasonal influenza - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020-2021
For the EU/EEA, influenza activity remained at or below inter-seasonal levels throughout the 2020−21 season, probably due to the impact of the various public health and social measures implemented to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Only 10 sentinel and 158 non-sentinel specimens tested positive for influenza during the 2020−21 season. Compared with previous seasons a slightly lower number of samples were tested in sentinel surveillance and a similar number in non-sentinel surveillance.
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Influenza virus characterisation - Summary Europe, July 2021
This is the ninth report for the 2020-2021 influenza season. As of week 28/2021, only 943 influenza detections across the WHO European Region had been reported to the European Surveillance System (TESSy); 51% type A viruses, with A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 being approximately equally represented, and 49% type B viruses with only 16 having been ascribed to a lineage, 13 B/Victoria and three B/Yamagata.
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Influenza virus characterisation - Summary Europe, June 2021
This is the eighth report for the 2020-2021 influenza season. As at week 24/2021, only 934 influenza detections across the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region had been reported to TESSy.